Shining Soul: I got the soul!

[Lindsay]

I said I'd do it and I did it I got Shining Soul yesterday! Pre-played~no box or nothing which sucks but can't be helped!

Yeah but what really sucks is the game. This wouldn't pass as a bad SNES game no no no. NES is where it'd fit in best. The graphics, music (oh gawd Beast Mountain's music is horrid), the control are all beyond ancient. The GBA is far more capable of this even back in 2002 when Soul was first released. The Sega personel that thought they could get away with this needs to be kicked.

With all of that said I gotta also say that I'm addicted x_X I beat the first two levels and then went back to beat them again! .... And it wasn't until after beating BM for the second time that I even noticed about status and skill points! So now with my powered up character I'm all like yeaaahhh!

So ya even if the game is bad it's addicting which must mean there is good in it somehow.

[Tarethen]

I might pick it up if I can find a copy... solely for collector and fan purposes...

[Dark Link]

Yea. i got it and beat it. nothing to it (except alot of time)

[Lindsay]

Yea. i got it and beat it. nothing to it (except alot of time)

Ya it sure seems like alot of time. I'm up to Level 7 or 8 (whichever is Darksols territory). Hopefully these last couple of levels won't go past 10 floors. 10 floors is just tooo many for x_X Nice story so far and tough bosses are fun.

[ChillinVillain]

I'll let you know when I beat it, I'm currentely playing it.

[Eric]

If you can get past the music and the horrible meelee AI you might like it. Btw, I often turn the music off through options and only listen to the sound effects. When game music is this bad it just has to go.

[Beans the half rhino]

keep gens open in the background with sf2 on...

[Cloud]

for a hand held I think its rather entertaining except the fact that you can't pause it in the middle of battle

[Urghul]

Cant stand the fact that this is a Shining game. Hell no i didn't like it!

[MusashiGodX8]

This game SUCKED OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm keeping it for collection.

[Lindsay]

I just finished it tonight! The story built up was pretty nice but Darksol & DD's speeches weren't that great so the ending was kinda sour. Still had a good fun time playing though! Might just give it another run through in the future.

[Sailorcancer]

I somewhat liked it, I got really tired of it with it quick after the first couple of days. Then again I had no idea what I was doing cause it was in japanese

[KiWi]

Spend too much time on this game. Problem was also my chargeable batteries at that time could only chunck out 2 hours or so, and therefore in the later levels could never make it all the way up/down to the boss level. So for a long time I was stuck at level 4.

After getting new rechargeables, I was able to finish the game, but the game was kind of a bland hack 'n slash. If you were persistent enough you would do fine. After beating the game, you get a palette swaped color variations with a higher difficulty, but by the time I beat the game, I had enough for now.

Still, I would buy part 2 if I see it for a reasonable price.

[moses04]

The second one is quite a bit better IMHO. And on consecutive playthroughs, there is an advanced mode, where beast mountain is about as difficult as the dungeon leading to Dark Dragon. Haven't beaten my second playthrough yet though.

[Kaihaku]

YES! FINALLY! I found an egg!

Oh and...uh... Congratulations on the whole soul thing.

[Lord Oddeye sama]

Lol.

[Mass Ferguson]

How late to the game am I? I finally decided to throw out the money to pick up Shining Soul and Shining Soul II about a month or so ago. They're pretty entertaining to whip out during my morning rail rides to work. I'm spending my first playthrough with an archer and Dex is quickly outstripping my other skills and I'm still missing like a fiend.

[Martin III]

You find them equally entertaining then, Mass Ferguson? I've only played Shining Soul II, but it seems like most everyone thinks Shining Soul I is nowhere near as fun.

[Mass Ferguson]

Shining Soul has its flaws, like no saving while in dungeons. Overall, the gameplay is a lot simpler and a lot more dumbed down than Shining Soul II, so it depends on what you're looking for in a game. I'm really not that hard to please. I'm just looking to pass some time, and Shining Soul can be addictive in that sense.

I don't need innovative game play or challenging levels and bosses, just something to keep my fingers and mind occupied while I'm riding the rail for an hour and a half every day. If you happen to see it at the store, there isn't any harm in tossing the 10 bucks it costs to pick it up. I wouldn't stress out over finding it, I just lucked into mine while looking for Shining Soul II.